Understanding Sex-based Differences in Intensive Care Unit Mortality: Moving Beyond the Biology

Elizabeth M Viglianti^{1

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3}, Christina Yek⁴, Sameer S Kadri⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Department of Internal Medicine Veteran Affairs Hospital Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Critical Care Medicine Department National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland.

Editorial

Elizabeth M Viglianti et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 1;206(11):1306-1308.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1443ED.

Elizabeth M Viglianti^{1

2

3}, Christina Yek⁴, Sameer S Kadri⁴

¹ Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Department of Internal Medicine Veteran Affairs Hospital Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Critical Care Medicine Department National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland.

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Comment on

Sex Differences in Mortality of ICU Patients According to Diagnosis-related Sex Balance.
Modra LJ, Higgins AM, Pilcher DV, Bailey MJ, Bellomo R. Modra LJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Dec 1;206(11):1353-1360. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202203-0539OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 35849500 Free PMC article.

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